Thule Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are test fitting the Thule Hull-A-Port Kayak Carrier. It's a J-style .J-hook style kayak carrier and the tie downs are included with that. The part number for that is TH834. Now we do already have our kayak connected to our J-hooks. We're going to go ahead and remove the kayak. Then we're going to show you how we connect the J-hooks to our crossbars. more
10/3/2015 6:50:01 PM
Swagman Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we are test fitting the Swagman contour J style kayak carrier, part number S65148. Now as you can see, we do already have our kayak strapped down. We're going to take the straps off and show you the best way that we strap down the kayak and also how we connect the carrier to our crossbars here. So the first thing we'll do is take off our straps on the body of the kayak. We'll just press down on the silver lever here and release that strap. Now we have the kayak connected down under the crossbar, up over the back part of the kayak through the hook of this crossbar here, and then up back over the kayak. We have it the same way on this side as well. Now we also have our bow and stern straps. more
10/3/2015 6:49:29 PM
Rhino Rack Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we're test fitting the Rhino Rack J-style Kayak Carrier. This is a universal mounted kayak carrier, and part number for that is S510. We're also using the Rhino Rack Anchor Straps for the front and the back. They come in a 1 per package, and the part number for that is RRBAS. The first thing we're going to do is unhook our kayak, and take that off, and we'll show you how we put our J-hooks onto our crossbars. We'll go ahead and undo our strap keeper here, and release that, and then we'll push down on the black lever and pull out our strap. Now, how we have the straps connected, they're looped under the cross bar, and through the J-hook here, around the back through the J-hook in the back, and then over the front side of the kayak. more
10/3/2015 6:42:35 PM
SportRack Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Volkswagen Passat- Video
Today on our 2015 Volkswagen Passat, we're test fitting the SportRack kayak carrier, your J style kayak carrier that come with your straps here. The part number for that is SR5511. The first thing we're going to do is unstrap our kayak and take that off. We'll come up here to our body straps here. We're just going to do the excess that we have strapped in and we'll go ahead and release that. Now, if we take a look at how the kayak is strapped down, we've got the strap underneath this crossbar here, over the kayak, around the back and it's under the J-hook in the back and then back over the top of the kayak. more
9/24/2015 5:10:05 PM
